The body of Keeled India Mabuya is robust; snout moderately sized, obtuse. Lower eyelids with scales. Vertebral scales are smooth. Ear-opening roundish, sub-triangular. Brown to olive or bronze in color above, uniform or with dark-brown or black spots, or longitudinal streaks along the lateral margins of the scales. Sides are dark-brown or chestnut, with or without light spots. A light dorso-lateral line starting from above the eye and continued to the base of the tail. Lower parts whitish or yellowish. Maximum length: 35-37cm.

Systematic position

• Domain : Eukaryota
• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Chordata
• Class : Reptilia
• Order : Squamata
• Family : Scincidae
• Genus : Eutropis
• Species : carinata